Antiskid device for wheels.



F. YOUNG.

ANTISKID DEVICE FOR WHEELS.

APPLIOATION PILED 00119, 1911.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913. I

INVENTOR TTORNEY FRANK YOUNG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY..

ANTISKID DEVICE FOB WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.'

Application filed October 19, 1911'. Serial No. &55,532.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiskid Devices forVheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertans to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the acconpanying drawings, and to ures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specificatio-n.

The invention is designed to provide a non-skidding device which isquickly attached to the tire and which consists of a collar from whichproject the individual chains or their equivalents which are arrangedvto cmbrace the tire. These individual chains' equalize the strain on thewheel and on the collar, and if one of the chains becomes broken thereis no liahility of the whole device being removed from the wheel orflying from the wheel, which is very often the case in the type ofnon-skidding devices that pass around the rim of the wheel and which,when once broken, disengage the entire structure from the wheel.-

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Fimre 1 is a side View of half a wheel showing my improved device. Fig.2 is a section of Fig.- 1; but with all the wheel removed exceptthe rim,and with 'the entire collar shown n section, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a modified form showing a chain without the use of springs.

In the preferred form which can be of any shape so longias it is adatable for the urpose, this collar being ma e rigid and w ichis'illustrated in the form of a` ring 10 which i`s provided withperforations 11 in which are fastened the ends 12- of s rings 13, theende 12 beng n the shape o? rings or any other attaching means. Thesprings 13 have secured to their outer 'ends the chain 14, each chain.being adapted to pass around or embrace the tire and having a ring 15on one end through which the other end 16 of the chain is ada ted topass so that a'loop 17' is fol-med, t is 100 being shown in Figs. 1 and2. The sai other. end which is passed through the ring 15 ispreferablydetachably Secured to the end of the spring 13, and thepreferred I use a collar 10 means is by the use of the' hook 18, each ofthese chains anditsspring extendingindix 'idually from the collar andaround the tire. so that if oneof them breaks. the rigid collar stillholds its place and the remaining chains remain seated where they isstill in working order on the wheel. sprngs 13 keep the chains taut andprevent the slipping ot' the deviee in a 'eircumferential direction.Each chain when put o n has its end 16 passed through the loop 15, isdrawn tight` quickly hooked over the hook '18 and in a few minutes thedevice can be placed on the wheel` and by reversiing this operation itcan be just as quickly detached.

If desired I may dispense with the springs 13 and use the devit'e asshown in Fig. 3 where the chain H is made long enough so that after itis made into the loop 17 it reaches to the eollar 10 and is fitted overthe hook 19 which 'engages one of the perforatious iu the spanner.

It will he understood that the collar is not limited to the relativesize shown in the drawing, since it can be made larger or smaller asdesired, and its size is sometimes regulated as to whether springs areto be used or not.

Having thus described ny what I claim is:--

1. The combination of a vehicle wheel, with a rigid collar, and a set ofchains, each invention,

ure and the device The chain being provided with a ring on one end.through which the other end of the chain is passed to form -a loopembracing the tire of the' wheel, the said other end being Secured tothe collar to hold the loop taut.

2. The combination of a vehicle wheel, with a rigid collar, a set ofchains, each chain being provided with a ring on one end through whichchain is passed to form a loop embracng the tire of the wheel, the saidother end being secured to taut, and a spring in each chain to main--tain the tension on the chain.

3. The combination of a Vehicle wheel, with' a' rigid collar, a set ofradially arranged springs secured to the collar, and a chain en each srng, each chan havmg a which the other' the other end of the the collarto hold the loop The combinution of a vehicle wheel, with a). set ofindependent chzins, each chnin hai/ing a ring nn one end through whichthe other end of the chain is passed to ;form a loop embracing the tirewhereby tension on the chain tightens the hop, a rigid collnr within therim of the wheel, and a set of springs, each spring having a book on itsend to engage the said other end of each 10 chatin whenehy each chain isput under a i en@ tension said spring being Secured to the 0011211'.

In testimony, that Ji claim the foregeing, li have hereunto set my handthis 18th day of October, 1911.

FRANK YOUNG. 4

Wtnesses:

WM. H. CAMUEIELI M. A. JOHNSON;

